Governance

The NRC has two standing committees—the NRC Advisory Committee and the Provincial Roundtable Committee—comprised of stakeholder representatives from among our clients and partner organizations.

NRC Advisory Committee

The NRC Advisory Committee provides subject matter advice and guidance on our strategic and operational goals. The committee is a network of individuals from across Ontario who work in a variety of disciplines (i.e. public health, community health centres family health teams and academia.

The objectives of the group are:

To provide healthy eating and nutritio-related advice to the NRC.

To identify emerging issues in the area of healthy eating and nutrition that will impact knowledge exchange, capacity building, programs and services, and healthy eating and nutrition policy developments.

The NRC Provincial Roundtable Committee includes representatives from Ontario's public health units (PHU's), community health centres (CHC's) and family health teams (FHT's). The objectives of the Provincial Roundtable Committee are to:

Discuss current public health priorities in the area of healthy eating and nutrition.

Provide updates on NRC initiatives and activities.

Identify and discuss PHU and provincial needs required for supporting healthy eating and nutrition in Ontario.

For more information about the roundtable, please contact Karen Gough, Program Manager, at kgough@opha.on.ca.

Funded by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, the Nutrition Resource Centre (NRC) has operated under the Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA) since 1999 and is one of 14 health promotion resource centres operating in Ontario. The NRC strengthens the capacity of health promotion professionals and community partners involved in healthy eating and nutrition across the health continuum. Through networking and collaboration, the NRC is fostering knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE) and is building a centre of excellence in evidence-based resources and tools to support program and policy development throughout Ontario.